Intro: G Am C
#1.
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There's a place on the edge of town (edge of town)
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where the kids all hang around (hang around.)
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Cobbled streets and terraced houses, window boxes
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all around.
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It's never changed in sixty years and it's tumbling
down.
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It's never really know by name, it's called Gaslight
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Street, Gaslight Street.
#2.
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In the evening when the sun goes down (sun goes down)
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and there ain't nobody else around (else around.)
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The lamp lighter walks down the street, illumination,
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indiscreet.
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It doesn't have much effect, it seems he's wasting his
time.
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The lamp light don't shine so bright on Gaslight Street,
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Gaslight Street.
Bridge:
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Every night at nine there's children playing around the
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street.
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Trying to dodge their parents when they call them in to
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go to sleep.
#3.
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Monday morning and as a rule (as a rule) the place is quiet
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they're all at school (all at school.)
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Lines of washing hang across the street, a weary policeman
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walks his beat.
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It's never changed in sixty years and it's tumbling down.
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It's never really know by name, it's called Gaslight
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Street, Gaslight Street.
OUTRO:
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Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hmmm-hmm-hmm-(hmm-hmmm-hmm)
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La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la (aaaahhh-oooooooo)(Fade.)